Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-06
FRiIN WRECK.
"A Most Terrible and Fatal
Railroad Accident.
Dashed from a Bridge.
Burned. Drowned
and Frczen.
At Least Fifty Persons Lose
Their Lives.
The scenes Graphically Described from
Dlaersat Points Of vlsw-soms ef
the Passengers Rescued The
Experience Of One Of Them.
Railroad 0fieials Rem
defing An Possible
Assistance.

Assistance.
BRApYoRD. N. Feb. B-The NIGHT ex.
press which left white River Jaaotisn
bound for Montreal, filed With passsn,
gers from Boston and Nsw YORK fer thl
carnival, was wrecked Is the hrsi cross
ing Of White river. A rail broke and
the engine, one baggage car, two pas.
seDger coaches and two sleeping cars
wers plunged over q bridge SIXTY feet
into the river.
ALI BURNED.
Before any one could get to the
wreck, the ears had caught fire and
barned. The bridge also vas burned
and inside Of twenty minutes all wers
destroyed. IL is estimated hat ffty
persons we're killed. Henry Suxbury,
Of West Randolph. Vermont, q we'll
known lecturer, 10 am0nq those killed.
Edward +. Dillon. OF Springfield, Ness
vas killed. BE WAS 3 member of tee
Sopkomore class az Dartmouth aRd The
pitcher for the University nine.
TIE TRAIN.
EPRrHoKrKsD, Feb 5.-The train con
sisted Of one sleeping and passenger
coaches from here, one Chicago sleeping
car. connected at White River Junction,
one Boston sleeping car, one nail car
from Boston and ore other passenger
csach. enc baggage and one express ear.
There are rumors that fifty ves we're
lost.
oxE OF TEE KrLEED.
sPRNoFTKrp. MasR.. Feb. 5-Ffank
l. Wesson. who was killed, was sb0al
35 years Of age, and leaves q wife aud
four children. He was brother in-law
of John w. Lowell, the New York pub.
Usher. The latest reports received here
state that the number killed reaches
twenty, and that about as many more
we're injured.
AEoTHER AKFoRT.
Tnox. N. Y, Feb. 5.--It il reported
here that sixteen persons we're killed By
the accident on the Central Vermont
Railroad last night, near White River
JunctioR.
ASSUMING FRIoHrFUL PROPORTIONS.
EPRINdYrEE.D. Mass, Feb. B-The aa-
cident to the Montreal express train at
Woodstock bridge assumes fKiRhtful
- further particulars are
The train was the Boston and
Montreal express on tie Vermont OeE-
trai road, with q connection at White
River junction with the Montreal ex-
press frsm Springfield, one sleeping car
and enc passenger cosch from which
were attached to the Boston and Mon
treal train. Frank Wesson, son Of D.
b. Wesson, Of his city, of the firm OF
smith 4 Wesson. pistol manufacturers.
was killed.
4 MORE COMPLETE ACCOUNT FROM con-
CORD.
CoscoRD On. H., Feb. 5.-rhs express
train that left B0sten af Z last evening
met with aterrible accideat near Wood
stock on the Central Vermont Railroad
NJ about 2:30 o'clock this morning. The
train started from this city 90 tiRe. bat
vas detained at White River Junctio0.
Il is said 1t was about sn hour anA
halt late when il left there. lt esnsiss.
ID Of locomotive, baggage car. postal
oar. two passenger coaches and two
sleeping cars. and wss yunuine at the
usual rate of spee Z. When sbsut 200
Vards south Of the end Of Deck bridge,
near the old Windsor Station,
A BROKEN RAIL WAS STRUCK.
The locomotive, baggage car and postal
sar broke away from the rest OF the
train, passing over the bridge Ia safety.
TIE rest Of the train was thrown from
.he rails and continued on the roadbed
until it eame near the end Of the bridge.
but there il ran over the asutment and
Ail Of the cars fell into White RivoF,
some 80 feet below.
TIE 0oR0R AT TINS POINT
Is friRhsfal, and when the cars went
down there vas q terrible crash. AZ
soon as possible the detached part Of
lhs train was stopped aud run back 10
The scene Of the disaster. The acrsams
Of the injured we're hsartFendinR. As
sistanca also me from the psople liy-
ing in the vicinity. and everything was
done 20 rescue aud relieve the injured.
soon after help arrived il was dtssov
sFed that Q 6rs had started in the FIRST
coach and soon tbs entire
train was ablaxs. thus adding new hor-
roE 20 the already frightful catastrophe.
THesE PRESENT WE'RE PowRRLEss
To stop the Gre and devoted themselves
entirely to attempting 10 rescue those
Imprisoned within the wreck. Tue res
casFs met another and unexpected OBJ
stacle IN the heat, which bad become 20
intense that they we're obliged 10 reiin
Quish their efforts to save the suffsFers,
and we're e0mpelied 70 retreat 70 q place
of safety for themselves and to become
unwilling and horror stricken witnesses
ef she awful scene. In addition TO this
and to add 10 the horrors and sudsring
Of the passengers, the weather was
ExTKxMELx GOLD.
And the heroic resoueFs we're hindsrsd
thereby In their vork. No water could
Be obtained With which 10 cheek or TO
extinQuish the mes. The ice was
several fnches lhlck Oh the river, ard
there we're no Appliances athand 90 raise
is. Twsnsy-six persons, 20 far A. knogn,
wers
TAExx oUx~ALTvK
From the cars. which we're buEned.
Tvo Of these are understood 70 &c Mr..
Wesssn, son Of Ne pistol nlanufactursr,
Of Springfield, and Ed BrockiebaDks,
the brakeman, bat they died soon after.
The too passenger coaches we're well
filed. and every beEfh In bosh sieepinR
coaches waa ocenpied.
There we're twelve tn the slstpeg fFon
sprineheld. making tie total u1mbsf ~
passengers 10 the wrecked cars about 50
This viii prohabiy make tee number Of
dead bet9een 80 sad 50. The bridge
vas between 10 snd 40 feet above TIE
vatsE, which was covered with taiok
lee, makinR it pf0bahte that
pHATH RxsUETEp TnoM cRUsHnso
And burning, rather thar drowning.
Several we're penaed up IN the Efeck
who might have been resc1ea alive but
fer tbs flames. BrakeDan Parker, VIC
waa en- tbs-fogwAra end Of the hrs1 pas
ssnesr ear. felf the jar, and saved RS
lifs By jsmptnk. De qaickiy seeatsd q
euaxsyaaca and carried ths news -
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